Camenae wrote...
@stobie,
I'm opposed to tranquility when it's being abused like by the Kirkwall circle, yes. But when it is not being abused?? When the alternative is EXECUTION (because how else are you going to deal with people who become possessed?)?
In that case, depending on your personal feelings about the death penalty...I for one can see how someone who has suffered demonic possession would rather be tranquil than be killed outright.
Please don't treat my argument as if I'm saying, tranquility is hunky-dory and every average Joe should have it done yay! That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying when it IS needed, like when mages do become abominations, then I don't see anything wrong with turning them Tranquil. In fact I personally think that would be more humane than outright killing them. Because when they do get possessed, SOMETHING has to be done to stop them, or do we disagree on that too?
Several of them say they'd rather be dead. The whole possession-thing is a little vague to me. Harrowed mages aren't supposed to be possessed, or maybe they are. You can deal with demons and not be taken over, all that. Abominations are running around, & don't seem to turn back into a person. Or maybe they do. From Origins, it seemed that a mage had to prove they could withstand, iow, outwit, a demon. If they were too scared to face that, they could choose to become Tranquil. However, you also had the likes of Morrigan running around without State Control. Not only that, but in Origins, you see Tranquil turning into abominations, so it's a pretty weird distinction.
Killing an abomination seems not that far from killing anyone who has gone bad, which we do in this game all the time. They have never been over poweringly difficult to fight, so perhaps that colors my view of the danger they present. People can be raised without the Chantry hovering over them, and do fine, like Morrigan, or they can be raised in the Chantry, and go completely crazy, like Uldred. Therefore, I see no reason to think the Circle provides any real answer.
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